Griddle cake turner



INVENTOR J-.- H. KLIPSTEIN GRI'DDLE CAKE TURNER Filed May 31, 1950 July 21, 1931.

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1 JAMns, I-IJKLIPSTEIN, or MARSHALL, VIRGINIA l GRIDDLE ,oAKEfTURNER I Application filed May 31,1930; Seria1 I Io.4 58,68 7. V This invention relates to new and useful bero is secured'to the rod?) adjacent thehalnimprovements in griddle cake turners and has dle 3' any desirable manner and, preferably I, forthe primary object the provision of a deby having the member 5 extending through I 11 I vice of the statedfcha'raclerincluding a turnand" wedged inan opening formed in the rod, 5 ing' plate having a handle attached to one The actuating member 5 extends beyond the 1 corner thereof, wherebya partly cookedcake handle?) and is curved ,to form a finger grip may be easily and quickly removedfrom the while the other end is adapted to abut a stop griddle and replaced thereon in its 1 formed 6 secured toone end of the handle for limiting position with thelunoooked side againstthe' the rotation of the rod 2. A coil spring 7 is ,1 a 10 griddlewithout the liability"of breaking or mounted on the rod and has one end secured T6 disarranging the'pa'rtly cooked cake. thereto as shown at 8 while the other end is Another object of this'invention is the'prosecured to the stop 6 as'shown' at 9. The vision of the handle having an operating spring normally urges one end'of the actuat- 1 means, whereby the turning element may be ing member in engagement with the stop 6. t easily turned or reversed with; the partly c In operation a person grips the device by; a cooked cake thereon without movingtheturnthe handle 3 and places the plate 1 under a ing element away from engagement with partly cooked cake on a griddle as shown in thegriddle and whiohwillautomatically re- Figure 1 and with the cake so positioned, the turn the turning element to its original posioperator turns'the plate 1 into the positionw p 5 II'WhQII manually released. i I shown in Figure 2 by swinging or pushing mi, V c .A i l r j t h V H i 1S, upon the actuating member 5'with thethumb, 7 1 e provision f a grid e a e tur h or index finger. With the device as shown I v s ated character'which will be simple, .in FigureiQ the cake is reversed with the un-c 1 bl and efiilcieyllt a h c m y be maI'IH-i cooked side disposed against the griddle.,.- '25, 4 S0161 p rat e y t The operator releases the actuating member is VVi-th these andother Objects inv SWl c 5 and the spring 7 returnsthe plate 1 into its 1 become more apparent as thedesoription prooriginal position or as shown in Figur 1, c I c the iIIVQHtiO'IITCQIISiStS i flf i novel From the foregoing description'taken' in con fe s o s uctio 'o a qn and nection with the accompanying drawings, its v rr ng m nt Of pa s a lb e willbe noted that the cake can be turned onfso -f l y descrlbed and l m l- 7 c the griddle Without removing the plate 1 I For a complete unde s a d ng Of y after being placed under the cake from an vention reference isto be had tothefol lowing engagement ith th iddl I m th I 1 7 descriptio d mp ny g mg cake, partly cooked has been positioned on i which: T V 1 T i the plate 1 as shown in Figure 1, the plate is g re 1 1S a p V W lustratlng a gridmovedlaterally ashort distance and by turndle cake turner constructed 1n accordance j th t ti member 5 as b f d h y QI 'scribed,the'cake will be reversed and posi- F lgulegls 5511111131 ,VleW P y 111 Sectlon tioned with the uncooked side against the; o lustrating the turning element moved to are-"griddle, I I 1 cverse position. a 1 V While I have shown and described the pres Figure 3 1s a fragmentaryperspectlve view: ferred embodiment of my invention, it' will I illustratingthe turnlngelement. be understood that minor changes in con- R g in detail 0 he dmWI g h struction, combination and arrangement of I 45 numeral 1 indicates a substantially rectanguparts may be made without departing from lar turning plate or element which has riveted the" spirit and scope of the invention as or otherwisesecured to one corner thereof a l i d. 7 t I g rod 2 journaled in a handle 3. The handle'3 Having thus described my invention, what is retained on the r0d2 by, a collar 4 and an? Iclaim is v v p 1 I p 50 operating member 5. The'operating mem- 1. Aygriddle cake turner comprising ail c, F

plate a rod secured to one corner of the plate, 7 a handle 'journalled on the rod, a stop carried 1 by the end of the handlelocated the closest to the plate, a coiled spring mounted on the rod With one end secured to the latterand the other end secured to the stop, and an operat ing member extending through the rod between the springand sai'dilast mentioned end 7 of the handle and having one end thereof in 10 engagement With the stop under the'influence of the spring andhaving the otherend, curved to provide av finger piece disposed laterally of thehandle. p 7 2. "A griddle cake turner comprising a plate having a straight edge, and an operathandle secured tothe platein alignment jvvith said edge and in the plane \ofthe plate, vvl ereloy the plate may be turned on said straight edge ,and handle as an axis, While f 2 said edge isinthe plane of a griddle.

lln testimony .Whereofl afiix my signature. H. KLIPSTEI N. 

